Researching, selecting, planning, installing and using today’s high-tech security systems in schools can be a daunting process. Technology aside, there’s also the human dimension. That is, how best to work with consultants, faculty and staff as that process unfolds?
A look at the newer security technologies colleges and universities are considering and using on campus.
Making long-existing structures technologically up-to-date is a challenge, but it can be done.
Preparing and empowering school employees for more effective visitor screening.
Keys to effective and practical school security assessments.
Resources are available to assist institutions to efficiently and effectively fulfill requirements of the Jeanne Clery Act.
Finding the best solution for securing college and university doors is a challenge for security professionals.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.
Will giving students permission to carry guns on campus make college life safer? Opinions differ.
More college and universities are finding success in using campus teams to manage troubled students.
Leveraging Disney's organizational behavior for emergency management at colleges and universities.
There may be help from afar.
There are four overall strategies to consider when approaching school security.
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design offers design choices that can enhance safety and security.
There are at least 60 significant changes in the new IFC code.
Ask questions and institute the changes necessary for compliance.
Technology can be used to enhance learning and prevent tragedy.
Affordable new access control technologies are changing the way students get into college buildings.
Will your school access control approach really stop a determined aggressor? Important information and observations on access control.
For the past decade, fire safety programs on college and university campuses have focused on keeping students safe while in campus residence halls and fraternity and sorority houses, buildings that are often most at risk. While from a numbers standpoint, campuses are relatively safe from the effects of fire, there are a number of small, too often deadly, fires in student housing on campus generally caused by student carelessness. There are a number of ways to enhance student fire safety.
Federal law requires that schools prepare an individual educational program (IEP) for each student with a disability, providing related services known to include safety in an emergency. Codes stipulate warning systems and require regular drills for all st
In March, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) released a revised Hazard Communication Standard that requires employers to train any employees who work with hazardous chemicals to use newly designed hazardous material labels and materi
Both security and sustainability are important. Newtown and other school shootings make the case for security. The case for sustainability is strong, too. Estimates say that buildings produce 35 percent of the carbon dioxide emitted in the U.S. and use 37